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Tony Oliva Tony Oliva
Full name: Pedro (Lopez) Oliva
Born: July 20, 1940, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
First Game: September 9, 1962; Final Game: September 29, 1976
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 175
AL Rookie of the Year (1964)
TSN AL Player of the Year (1965 and 1971)
TSN AL Rookie Player of the Year (1964)
OF on TSN AL All-Star Team (1964 to 1966 and 1970 to 1971)
AL Gold Glove as OF (1966)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1962 MIN A Daily Splits    9     9    3    4   1   0   0    3    3   0    2   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .444  .583  .556   0.2 1962 MIN A
1963 MIN A Daily Splits    7     7    0    3   0   0   0    1    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .429  .429  .429   0.0 1963 MIN A
1964 MIN A Daily Splits  161   672  109  217  43   9  32   94   34   8   68   6   3   3   0   9   9   12   6  .323  .359  .557   3.2 1964 MIN A
1965 MIN A Daily Splits  149   576  107  185  40   5  16   98   55  12   64   4   2  10   0   8   8   19   9  .321  .378  .491   2.7 1965 MIN A
1966 MIN A Daily Splits  159   622   99  191  32   7  25   87   42  10   72   5   2   6   0   9  16   13   7  .307  .353  .502   2.6 1966 MIN A
1967 MIN A Daily Splits  146   557   76  161  34   6  17   83   44  12   61   8   1   5   0  11   9   11   3  .289  .347  .463   2.1 1967 MIN A
1968 MIN A Daily Splits  128   470   54  136  24   5  18   68   45  16   61   7   1   5   0   6  10   10   9  .289  .357  .477   2.1 1968 MIN A
1969 MIN A Daily Splits  153   637   97  197  39   4  24  101   45  12   66   3   2   5   0   7  10   10  13  .309  .355  .496   2.3 1969 MIN A
1970 MIN A Daily Splits  157   628   96  204  36   7  23  107   38  12   67   3   1   4   0  14  16    5   4  .325  .364  .514   3.6 1970 MIN A
1971 MIN A Daily Splits  126   487   73  164  30   3  22   81   25   8   44   2   0   4   0   6  21    4   1  .337  .369  .546   2.5 1971 MIN A
1972 MIN A Daily Splits   10    28    1    9   1   0   0    1    2   0    5   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .321  .367  .357  -0.2 1972 MIN A
1973 MIN A Daily Splits  146   571   63  166  20   0  16   92   45  14   44   4   0   4   0   2  13    2   1  .291  .345  .410   0.2 1973 MIN A
1974 MIN A Daily Splits  127   459   43  131  16   2  13   57   27  11   31   2   2   4   0   5  14    0   1  .285  .325  .414   0.1 1974 MIN A
1975 MIN A Daily Splits  131   455   46  123  10   0  13   58   41  15   45  13   0   6   0   8  10    0   1  .270  .344  .378  -0.1 1975 MIN A
1976 MIN A Daily Splits   67   123    3   26   3   0   1   16    2   1   13   2   0   1   0   1   2    0   0  .211  .234  .260  -1.0 1976 MIN A
Total            Splits 1676  6301  870 1917 329  48 220  947  448 131  645  59  14  57   0  88 139   86  55  .304  .353  .476  20.3 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 MIN A Daily Splits    3    13    3    5   2   0   1    2    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .385  .429  .769 1969 MIN A
1970 MIN A Daily Splits    3    12    2    6   2   0   1    1    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .917 1970 MIN A
Total            Splits    6    25    5   11   4   0   2    3    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .440  .462  .840 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1965 MIN A Daily Splits    7    26    2    5   1   0   1    2    1   0    6   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .192  .222  .346 1965 MIN A
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1964 AL    Daily Splits    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1964 AL   
1965 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500 1.000 1965 AL   
1966 AL    Daily Splits    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1966 AL   
1967 AL    Daily Splits    1     6    0    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   2  .333  .333  .333 1967 AL   
1968 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1968 AL   
1970 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   1   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .667 1.000 1970 AL   
Total            Splits    6    19    0    5   3   0   0    0    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   2  .263  .300  .421 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1962 MIN A Daily  OF    2    2    1    10       3    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    2 
1962 MIN A        RF    2    2    1    10       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1964 MIN A Daily  OF  159  159  151  1435.2   313    5    6    0   0  .981     2    9  154 
1964 MIN A        RF  154  150  146  1355.2   290    4    6    0   0  .980
1964 MIN A        CF    9    9    5    77.2    24    0    0    0   0 1.000
1964 MIN A        LF    2    0    0     2.1     0    0    0    0   0     -
1965 MIN A Daily  OF  147  147  130  1280.1   284   10   11    3   0  .964     0   11  142 
1965 MIN A        RF  142  140  127  1232.2   274   10   11    4   0  .963
1965 MIN A        CF   11    7    3    47.2    10    0    0    0   0 1.000
1966 MIN A Daily  OF  159  157  156  1398.2   335    9   10    3   0  .972     0   19  140 
1966 MIN A        RF  140  138  137  1229.2   299    9    8    3   0  .975
1966 MIN A        CF   19   19   19   169      38    1    2    0   0  .951
1967 MIN A Daily  OF  146  145  138  1281.2   286    8    4    2   0  .987     0    0  146 
1967 MIN A        RF  146  145  138  1281.2   287    8    4    2   0  .987
1968 MIN A Daily  OF  126  126  120  1099.1   227    7    4    1   0  .983     0    0  126 
1968 MIN A        RF  126  126  120  1099.1   229    7    4    1   0  .983
1969 MIN A Daily  OF  152  151  143  1370     311   14    6    3   0  .982     0    1  152 
1969 MIN A        RF  152  151  143  1367     314   14    6    3   0  .982
1969 MIN A        CF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
1970 MIN A Daily  OF  157  156  149  1375.2   351   12   12    4   0  .968     0    4  154 
1970 MIN A        RF  154  152  146  1344.2   346   12   12    4   0  .968
1970 MIN A        CF    4    4    3    31      11    0    0    0   0 1.000
1971 MIN A Daily  OF  121  120   98  1018     216    6    7    3   0  .969     0    0  121 
1971 MIN A        RF  121  120   98  1018     216    6    7    3   0  .969
1972 MIN A Daily  OF    9    9    1    54       6    0    1    0   0  .857     8    0    1 
1972 MIN A        LF    8    8    0    46       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 MIN A        RF    1    1    1     8       1    0    1    0   0  .500
1973 MIN A Daily  DH  142  138  121                                      -
1974 MIN A Daily  DH  112  110   94                                      -
1975 MIN A Daily  DH  120  118   83                                      -
1976 MIN A Daily  DH   32   28   15                                      -
Total             OF 1178 1172 1087 10323.1  2332   71   61   19   0  .975    10   44 1138 
Total             RF 1138 1125 1057  9946.2  2259   70   59   20   0  .975
Total             DH  406  394  313                                      -
Total             CF   44   39   30   328.1    83    1    2    0   0  .977
Total             LF   10    8    0    48.1     5    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1969 MIN A Daily  OF    3    3    3    31.1     0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    3 
1969 MIN A        RF    3    3    3    31.1     6    1    2    0   0  .778
1970 MIN A Daily  OF    3    3    3    26       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    3 
1970 MIN A        RF    3    3    3    26      10    2    0    1   0 1.000
Total             OF    6    6    6    57.1     0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    6 
Total             RF    6    6    6    57.1    16    3    2    1   0  .905
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1965 MIN A Daily  OF    7    7    7    60       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    7 
1965 MIN A        RF    7    7    7    60      20    0    1    0   0  .952
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1964 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1964 AL           RF    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -
1965 AL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1965 AL           RF    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1966 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    1     9.1     0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1966 AL           RF    1    1    1     9.1     0    0    0    0   0     -
1967 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    1    15       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    1    0 
1967 AL           CF    1    1    1    15       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1968 AL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     5       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1968 AL           RF    1    0    0     5       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1970 AL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     7.2     0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1970 AL           RF    1    0    0     7.2     0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             OF    6    3    2    45       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    1    5 
Total             RF    5    2    1    30       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             CF    1    1    1    15       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Minnesota Twins (1961).


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